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The noise you make right before someone says your name in a warning tone.
means A noisy disturbance, commotion, or uproar — the chaotic racket of a fight, party, or protest gone loud.
from American English of the 1800s, origin genuinely murky. The leading guess is that it's a blend of 'ruction' (an uproar, itself from 'insurrection') and 'rumpus' (a noisy commotion) — two already-noisy words crashing into each other and fusing into one noisier one. No one can prove the blend, but it's the best lead anyone's got.
- origin theory
- possibly a blend of ruction and rumpus
- first recorded
- american slang, early 1800s
- legal cousin
- disturbing the peace, but funnier
- ideal size
- big enough to notice, small enough to deny